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The Menu poster

The Menu (2022) colour palette

Directed by Mark Mylod · Shot by Peter Deming

The Menu (2022), shot by Peter Deming, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2c2d), covering 12.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.415 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.208 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.408 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Menu page →

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